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According to Rugby Australia, rugby football was an extremely early introduction to Australia, with games of the primitive code being played in the early to mid-19th century, and the first formal team, Sydney University Football Club being set up in 1864. [18]
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. [1] One of the two codes of rugby football , it is based on running with the ball in hand.
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Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools.
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand.
In the first half of the 19th century, the game began to spread, as ex-pupils of Rugby, and other public schools, introduced it into the universities. At Cambridge University, in 1839, a game was organised between Old Rugbeians and Old Etonians, and a rugby club was formed at Guy's Hospital, London in 1843.
Category: Years of the 19th century in rugby union. 2 languages. ... This page was last edited on 14 September 2020, at 03:21 (UTC).
19th century in rugby union (8 C) 20th century in rugby union (11 C) 21st century in rugby union (5 C) This page was last edited on 2 September 2022, at 15:18 (UTC). ...